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In our interview with Amy Young, one of the leadership coaches here at Outpace, she gave us insights from her own career on leading and managing high performing teams. With over 20 years of experience working in entertainment, B2C, and with executives, Amy was an executive at CBS and Top Partner Lead in Google’s Global Partnerships group where she led relationships with Google’s most important media, broadcast and entertainment partners. Amy took us through tips and strategies for effective leadership, accountability, and working with senior management.

When I was leading teams at CBS, I interviewed a candidate who asked me a question that caught me off guard. The role was for my very first direct report, and the candidate asked me, “What is your leadership style?”. The truth is, before I managed a team, I thought that being a “boss” automatically meant you were a leader.

"This is so important that you have to come over to my house on Saturday morning," said Jeff Bezos. It was over a decade ago, and a team at Amazon was working on a new program that would lead to faster ship times for customers.

“The single most important resource we allocate from one day to the next is our time.” - Andy Grove

How many people do you know can say that they started their career in the Israeli Army as a Chief of Staff, worked at some of the most revered fashion houses in the world including CHANEL and GIVENCHY, and broke into product at the world’s top banks, now leading as a VP Product at a world-renowned bank like JP Morgan Chase? I also couldn’t think of anyone. That is, until I met Zoia Kozakov, one of our Outpace community members.

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In the 5 years of my career before I left full time work to focus on coaching, I received three $20k+ raises and promotions. What's particularly interesting is that they all came as surprises — I didn't have to ask for them.